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Some interesting facts about 
Aladdin Service for 1922 


HE ALADDIN COMPANY 


BAY CITY, MICHIGAN 
Branches: WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, HATTIESBURG, MISS., PORTLAND, ORE. 


The delightful colonial bungalow illustrated here is the Norfolk, a new 
Aladdin home shown in the 1922 catalog 


From 


New York, Nov. 12, 1921 
A little while ago I bought a 
“Pasadena” model house. It was 
exactly as represented in every 
particular. The material was all 
adequate, and was cut to fit prop- 
erly. I figure that I saved at 
least 15% over any figure that I 
could get a local contractor to 

make. 
Very truly yours, 
Hugh BH, Agnew 


Massachusetts, Nov. 11, 1921 
I would say Iam an owner of an 
Aladdin house, ‘The Virginia,” 
I bought the house last spring and 
am well pleased with it and would 
say all pieces went together as 
marked and fitted finely. I believe 
I saved from $800.00 to $1,000.00 
in building that way. I had plenty 
material and of some things left. 
The Aladdin people have used me 
fine in every way and I highly 
recommend them to anyone who 

is thinking of building a house. 

Yours sincerely 
Edward B, Doane 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 9, 1921 

Regarding my Aladdin Readi- 
cut house of which I am a very 
proud owner, the lumber is all first 
class. The inside finish, weather’ 
boarding and flooring including 
the porch flooring is absolutely 
clear of knots there is not one 
knot even as big as a nail head. 
As to the saving on my house I 
saved $340.00 on the material it- 
self and $130.00 on the carpenters’ 
labor owing to the way the house 
went together. Every piece just 
fit to a “gnat’s heel,’ as the say- 
ing is. If I was building one or 
one hundred houses they would all 
be Aladdin Readi-cut’s. 

Yours sincerely, 
Mrs. Ernest Shanoberger 


North Carolina, Nov. 11, 1921 
I have an Aladdin Readi-cut 
house, the “Charleston,” and am 
entirely satisfied. The material 
was first class and every piece fit 
perfectly. I feel confident that I 
saved about 50% in cash by order- 
ing a readi-cut house, to say noth- 
ing of the trouble and delay I 
should have had in estimating for 
and purchasing my material here. 
Every piece was so plainly marked 
and with the numerous blue-prints 
furnished and the manual I was 
able to do the work myself with 
the help of another man, neither 
of us having had experience at 
ecarpentering. I cannot recommend 
the Aladdin Company too highly. 
Everything is just as represented 
in the catalogue and correspon- 
dence. 
Yours very eee, 
R. Gibbon 


Massachusetts, Nov. 9, 1921 

T am entirely satisfied with my 
dealings and results from the 
Aladdin Co. My rough material 
such as studding, rafters, boards, 
ete., were about the usual run in 
quality and strength, but all fin- 
ishing lumber both inside and out- 
is excellent. All parts fitted to- 
gether as is represented and the 
work was done by carpenters not 


acquainted with the Aladdin 
method. 
Respectfully yours, 


Edward Snell 


New York, Nov. 10, 1921 
I am pleased:to say that I am 
more than satisfied with the bar- 
gain I got from that company. 
The material wis far better than 
any that could be purchased from 
ordinary dealers. Everything was 
as advertised and there was not 
the least bit of troubie iitting the 
pieces in place. 1 did inost of the 
work myself and 7 am not a car- 
penter. I saved about a thousand 
dollars. I fully recommend these 
houses to any one desiring to 

build. 
Respectfully, 
Jesse Verity 


Vermont, Nov. 9, 1921 
We are well satisfied with the 
bargain we got from the Aladdin 
Company, The material was first 
class and plenty of it for all pur- 
poses and went together well. Am 
satisfied that I saved a good, sub- 
stantial sum. The company has 
treated me first class in every re- 

spect, 
Yours respectfully, 
c. C. Olmstead 


Ohio, Nov. 9, 1921 

We are the owners of the ‘Po- 
mona,’ one story plan, and are 
entirely satisfied with it. My fa- 
ther, who is a carpenter, says that 
if he should build another house 
for himself, he would build a 
Readi-cut. He was very well sat- 
isfied with our home. Everyone 
who comes into the house is sur- 
prised at the nice interior, the 
layout of the room, ete. We saved 
considerable by building an Alad- 
din. There is no waste of ma- 
terial at all, and we had no trouble 
whatever putting the house to- 
gether. The blue-prints are sim- 
ple to follow and each piece of 
lumber is marked to correspond 
with the prints. 

Yours sincerely, 
Mrs. H. W. Sarles 


Pennsylvania 

We are’ very well pleased with 
material and the way it fitted. 
My carpenter told me he did not 
realize that houses on the Readi- 
cut order would fit like mine did. 
In his time he has built more than 
150 houses as contractor. Sev- 
eral contractors told me _ person- 
ally after looking at lumber that 
they wished they could get lumber 
like mine from their local dealers. 
I saved not less than $400.00 on 
our “Dresden” and I also had to 
pay exceptionally high wages 
when we built our ‘Dresden.” 
Everybody is wild about it and 
there will be quite a few built 
here next year. 

Yours respectfully, 
Thos. Reichelderfer 


Ohio, November 8, 1921 

I purchased the “Carolina” and 
am very much pleased with it. 
The material was all good and 
gave me no-trouble at all to put 
it together. One -certainly can 
save money in building this way 
both in the price of the house and 
also in the work of putting it up. 


There are four other Aladdin 
houses close by here. “The ’Her- 
ford,” “Stanhope,” “Detroit” and 


the ‘‘Dresden.” 
Yours truly, 
Corydon L, Williams 


Home 


Wisconsin, Nov. 9, 1921 
I am very well pleased with my 
Aladdin home. Everything is just 
as represented and after studying 
your plans you cannot make a 
mistake in erecting your houses, 
as everything is cut to fit. The 
lumber is of a good grade. The 
doors that we got, after being 
stained and varnished, have the 
most beautiful grain I have ever 
seen. There is also a great sav- 
ing in labor. I figure that through- 
out the construction of my house 
I saved the labor of one carpenter 
because the lumber was cut to fit. 

Yours very truly, 
Arthur A. Albrecht 


Vermont, Nov. 11, 1921 
I am the owner of one of the 
Aladdin houses and can truly say 
that Iam more than satisfied with 
it and also the courtesy I received 
from you. The material was fine 
in all ways and went together 
without a_ hitch. My carpenter 
said he never put up a house with 
so little trouble. I figure I saved 
about $600.00. You are the finest 
people to deal with that I ever 
dealt with. 
Yours truly, 
’ A. L. Beach 


New Jersey, Nov. 8, 1921 
I am well pleased with the 
“Standard” house. I found every- 
thing just as it was represented, 
and the service was very satis- 
factory. The material was all 
good and sound, and the pieces 
fitted just as you stated they 
would. The framing material 
fitted fine. The flooring came in 
lengths that worked up nicely, 
and the finish of the same was 
also especially fine. All the paint 
and varnish sent, as well as the 
hardware was as good as I ever 
used, and gave good satisfaction. 

Yours very truly, 
David W. Hook 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 1921 
In regard to the Aladdin readi- 
cut houses, I have the “Virginia,” 
and I am well satisfied, because 
everything is just as you recom- 
mend it. All the lumber was well 
seasoned, my floors are just as 
tight today as they were when 
the carpenters put them down, 
also every piece of lumber fitted 
in its place. I have saved quite a 
sum of money by building this 
way as it doesn’t take near the 
labor to erect a house that it does 
if carpenters have to cut every 
piece of lumber.’ I am _ well 

pleased with my Aladdin home. 

Yours truly, 

Chas. F. Fritzinger 

New York Nov. 7, 1921 
Material received for my “Alad- 
din” house, I can assure you was 
very satisfactory indeed, and in 
many of the items a good surplus. 
At the present rate of wages, I 
should reckon the saving on the 
above to be about $300 to $400. 
Promptness and courtesy has been 
an outstanding feature in the 
Company’s transactions with me. 
Should I build another house I 
would have no hesitation in plac- 
ing my order in the hands of the 

Aladdin Company. 
Very sincerely yours, 
John Keith 


Nov. 
Concerning the Aladdin build- 


New Jersey, 9, 1921 

ing which I have erected, I wish 
to state that the material fur- 
nished was found to be entirely 
as represented, the studding be- 
ing particularly good and straight 
and running accurate to _ size. 
While I put this house up my- 
self with day’s labor, notwith- 
standing the fact that I had had 
no previous experience in build- 
ing, we had no difficulty in fitting 
the various frame members, and 
I have been complimented by 


builders upon the general results. 


I also wish to state that I have 
found the Aladdin Company abso- 
lutely fair and honorable in their 
dealings, and do not hesitate to 
recommend your product as being 
all that it is represented to be. 
Concerning the subject of saving, 
you of course, will appreciate that 
this depends largely upon the cost 
of labor in the vicinity, the plumb- 
ing, lighting and heating equip- 
ment, together with the nature of 
the soil to be excavated. As far 
as the Aladdin material is con- 
cerned, there is no question but 
that money can be saved, and the 
elimination of contracts, if one did 
as I have done, would, of course, 
effect a saving in the cost of labor. 
Very truly yours, 

W. H? Foster 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 1921 

We are now living in our house 
and are more than pleased with 
it. We are satisfied we saved con- 
siderable. Every board was as rep- 
resented. I did principally all of 
the work myself and I am not a 
carpenter. There wasn’t a knot in 
the weather-boarding or finish 
lumber. The Aladdin Co. certainly 
is a reliable company to deal with. 
We are pleased more and more 
every day with our house and 
every one who has seen it thinks 
it is just fine for the money. We 
intended building another house in 
the near future and we are well 
enough satisfied with this one to 
buy our next house from the 
Aladdin Co. 

Respectfully, 
Jas. C. Reimer 


Rhode Island, Nov. 8, 1921 
I am perfectly satisfied with my 
Aladdin house. ‘The lumber and 
all the other material were first 
class and enough of it. I recom- 
mend the Aladdin cut-to-fit houses 
and they do fit. Every piece comes 
marked and any mechanic can put 

it together. 
Very resp es 
Chas. W. Gruge 


New York, Nov 10, 1921 
IT am_ very pleased with the 
“Hudson” house. The material is 
very good. I have not found a 
single knot in all the lumber. The 
pieces fit very well. I saved in 
the cutting, but the biggest raat 
is in the good material. 
Yours truly, 
Umbert Darold 


New York, Oct 10, 1921 
I wish to say that I am more 
than pleased with my house in 
every respect and it has proved 
to be as guaranteed. 
Yours sincerely, 


Mr. Edw. Dietz ¥* 


If more money could be saved in homebuilding the 


COL BIA LINIVERSITY 


iladdin system would save at for you. © we 


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Two new Aladdin Homes, The Marshfield on the left and the Attleboro on the right 
Floor plans and prices are shown in the new Aladdin Catalog, which is now ready 


Great Home Building Plans for 1922 


HE crisis of reconstruction took place in 1921. As this 
old year died, a new year, a new decade and a new 
building epoch began. 
This optimism is solidly grounded. We find unmistakable 
signs of healthy industrial development on every side. 
The furnaces of the great steel mills again glow, thousands 
of men in those vast organizations are industriously laboring 
to turn forth orders for tons and tons of their product. 
The railroads are among the largest purchasers of material 
in the country, for several years their buying has been nil. 
But this condition has changed as their recent orders placed 
for $50,000,000 worth of new construction material indicates. 
The General Motors Company, one of our greatest in- 
dustrial concerns, had about half completed the largest office 
building in the world when the period of depression arrived. 
This great project calling for the expenditure of millions of 
dollars, was suspended. Today this huge piece of work is 
going forward to completion. 


The reports made by the United States Department of 
- Labor from studies made in sixty-five industrial centers, 
giving employment to the greatest number of workers in the 
country, shows that the firms in these centers have on their 
payroll 7219 more men at the end of November 1921 than 
they employed 30 days previously or on October 31st of the 
same year. 

A review of conditions in the lumber, iron, steel, paper, 
printing, textile, and automobile manufactures, shows that 
these lines have added to their forces during this period. 

The report made to Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- 
merce, callsforan expenditure 
of $15,000,000,000 to elim- 
nate the housing shortage 
menace in the United States. 

The building records made 
in New York, Los Angeles, 
Boston, Portland, Baltimore, 
San Francisco, Philadelphia 
and Chicago last year, shows 
aggressive energy in solving 
this problem. Bt 

A great newspaper, The 
Chicago Tribune, immortal- 
ized 1921 in a slogan that 
guarantees that it will ‘‘Re- 
ward Fighters.” Confidence, 
with the great, big capitol 


<sifits 


The Dresden—Home of C.H. Merritt, Pelham, N.Y. 


C, perseverance and determination have produced this 
return to rugged industrial health. “1921 Rewarded 
Fighters,’ and 1922 is going to be the most robust year we 
have ever had in the home building field. 

What a large statement? Yes! 


But consider what supports it—this country is short 
1,500,000 homes, a sufficient waiting market to keep the 
mills of this country humming night and day for years to 
come! 

Depend upon it these millions of people are just as eager 
for the comfort and security of a home as you are. 

Big business has started to,move. Orders are being 
placed. More men are being employed. The thrill of ac- 
tivity is going to reach into the home building field quicker 
and more deeply than in any other line. Because people 
must have homes! 

The Aladdin Company anticipating one of the largest 
home building periods known in 1922, bought millions of 
feet of lumber. Train loads of building hardware, nails 
by the tons and paint and varnish by the thousands of 
gallons! 

Kvery one of these building commodities were bought for 
less money than they can be secured for on the market 
today. The inevitable raise in price is following the enor- 
mous demand for these materials, in every instance. 


The prices on Aladdin Homes are based .on these low 
prices. We urge you to take advantage of them. Get your 
home up, and have it occupied before the maddening 
scramble comes to build those necessary 1,500,000 homes. 


We have added manufac- 
turing facilities to prepare us 
for every emergency. We 
have improved the designs 
shown in our previous cat- 
alog wherever improvement 
was possible. 

The preparations made by 
The Aladdin Company are 
complete. We are equipped - 
to serve our customers more 
economically, more satisfac- 
torily, and with greater dis- 
patch than ever before, re- 
gardless of the volume of 
business we are sure 1922 
will produce. 


$20,000 spent for new designs in the new 1922 catalog 


* 


The Aladdin system 1s in ats 17th successful year 


THE HAMPSHIRE 


Colonial Bungalow 


tains a number of the most 

strickingly beautiful Colonial 
Bungalows ever designed. They 
are something new and distinctive 
in home building. 

Purely American lines have been 
followed in this architecture. By 
skillfully blending the best charac- 
teristics of both the Colonial and 
Bungalow types, our architects 
have created a new type of home 
design. 

There is a pronounced touch of 
Colonial treatment in every house, 
yet the bungalow effect is preserved. 
Only the most attractive features 
of these two individual styles of 
architecture have been used in 
designing these houses. There is 
beauty in each individual home and 
the floor plan and room arrange- 
ment provide the most practical 
and comfortable living accommo- 


Os: 1922 Aiaddin catalog con- 


THE EMERSON 


THE VISTA 


A New Type of Home Found 
in the 1922 Aladdin Book 


dations possible. Special attention 
is given to proper ventilation and 
the doors and windows are properly 
situated, in addition to performing 
their ordinary functions of supply- 
ing light and air. We know that 
each one is a practical home, sound 
in construction and made only of 
the very highest grade of building 
materials. All the skill and pride 
of the Aladdin organization has 
gone into these houses and we know 
that every purchaser of a Colonial 
Bungalow will be pleased with the 
results we have achieved in this 
type of house. 

The prices are absolutely the 
lowest that can be made on the 
beautiful and sturdy material that - 
is in them. If you favor a Colonial 
type of bungalow for a home, write 
for our new catalog. We are sure 
that it contains designs that will fit 
every test for this kind of house. 


Aladdinette Plan Saves Builders Money 


HAT is an Aladdinette? It is an 

apartment that separated itself 

from other apartments and became 

a house by itself. For practical 
efficiency, convenience and utility, you 
cannot improve upon the modern accom- 
modations-in a big apartment building, 
but the undesirable features such as 
crowding many families in one building; 
the lack of yard space, etc., have proven 
detrimental to the big apartment building 
type of home. The desirable features of 
both the apartment and the detached 
home are combined in the Aladdinette. 
The convenience of properly arranged, 
expertly proportioned rooms which are 
typical of the apartment, together with 
the privacy of the detached home and 
freedom of yard and lawns, constitute the 
features that make for the popularity of 
the Aladdinette with the American family. 
Each Aladdinette design offers the con- 
venience and utility of a house or home 
nearly twice its size. This is attained thru 
adaptation of accessories which haveproven 
satisfactory beyond doubt to thousands of 
homes and luxurious apartments in the 
larger cities of the country. 

The quickest and most successful 
method to find the great advantage of an 
Aladdinette Home is to compare one to an 
old style home. Take for example the 


Abbott Aladdinette Home. 


\ It possesses 
six rooms, 


However, it has nine room 


value and utility. The size of the Abbott 
is 24x38 ft. An extra 432 square feet of 
space would be necessary in building the 
old type of home to secure the advantages 
and utility of the Abbott Aladdinette. In 


other words an addition similar in size to 
that indicated by the shaded area in the 
diagram would be necessary, in any other 
type of home, to equal this floor plan. 


That means—A saving on cost for 

excavating for foundation, 

A saving on cost for 
foundation, 

A saving on cost for 
material for the house, 

A saving on cost for 
labor, 

A saving on cost for 
painting, plastering, ete. 


Yes, the extra costs would amount to 
practically one-third more, or, on a three 
thousand dollar Aladdinette an average 
of $1000 would be saved in cost without 
losing one single advantage. 

This is an average comparison and 
demonstrates in a general way the big 


reason for the popularity of the Alad- 
dinette plan. , 


CUTS COST OF HOMEBUILDING 
AND HOME OWNING 

The Aladdinette Home is a modernized 

conception of efficiency, convenience and 

utility. It converts wasted space of house 

plans into utilized space, thus reducing the 


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Aladdin’s greatest service to you is to save your money 


Kitchen Cabinet Furnished With Every Aladdin 


HERE is no modern device promoting efficiency 

and convenience in the home of greater impor- 
tance than the kitchen cabinet. There is no piece 
of kitchen furniture more highly prized by the 
housewife. It affords a convenient and proper 
place for things constantly used in the kitchen. It 
saves untold steps, it promotes neatness and order 
in that part of the house where it is most desired. 

The housewife today looks upon the kitchen cab- 
inet as a real necessity in the home. Because of 
this the Aladdin Company furnish with their homes 
a kitchen cabinet of superior convenience and 
beauty. The purpose of the kitchen cabinet is 
completely fulfilled in the well-made, practical de- 
signs shipped with Aladdin homes. 


For the smaller kitchen the cabinet is 5’ wide 
and 7’ high. The bottom section is 18’’ deep and 
the top section is 12’ in depth. For the homes 
with larger sized kitchens the size of the cabinet is 
increased to dimensions of 6’ 6’’ wide and 7’ high. 
The broom closet in both the large and small cab- 
inets is 18’ wide and 12” deep. 


The top section has three shelves which are en- 
closed by two panels. The lower section has one 
drawer and two roomy compartments enclosed 
with panel doors. 


These kitchen cabinets are constructed of a very 
high-grade lumber, with a beautiful natural grain. 
Hither an oil or stain finish can be applied. 


Aladdinetie Plan 
Saves Builders Money 


(Continued from page 4) 


footage to that whichis usable. Each de- 
sign offers the convenience and utility of 
house or home twice its size. The secret 
of this accomplishment is in the planning 
combined with the adaptation of access- 
ories now used in expensive apartments, 
private railroad cars and the like. The ac- 
cessories are fully explained in the Aladdin 
Book of Homes. 


LARGER THAN EXPECTED 


An experienced builder paid his first 
visit to an Aladdinette Home after night- 
fall and was impressed by its large living 
room and other genuine accommodations. 
Upon seeing the house in daylight and 
roughly measuring the exterior, he ex- 
claimed, “I thought it was twice as large.” 
That is the mystery of the Aladdinette— 
the detached apartment, it is the extracted 
essence of home, serviceable, complete,— 
at half the cost. 


5-Room Colonial Bungalow with Garage 


Price includes all 
material for both 
house and garage 


$894 


ERE is a valuable offer of service to 
H the small family who have a car. 
Think of being able to buy this 
strikingly good looking Colonial bungalow, 
and a garage too, both for $894.00. 

This home has five of the brightest, 
most cheerful, well proportioned rooms 
you ever set a foot in. A fine good sized 
living room and a cosy dining alcove, yes,. 
the built in fixtures are included with the 
house. Two splendid bedrooms, a kitchen, 
and bathroom. It is the most complete 
and comfortable house imaginable. 

Shelter for the car is provided too. It is 
just a step from the kitchen door to the 
garage. In addition to being the greatest 
kind of a convenience, the garage is a well 
proportioned, good looking building. 

This remarkable value for the home- 
builder is just another example of the 
extraordinary service Aladdin is prepared 
to render to homebuilders in 1922. The 
catalog will interest you. Send the post. 
card today. 


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~The Magic House «: 


NCE, when I was a little girl, “long 
back in Michigan, we lived in a log 


house. It was on a farm my father 
bought and until the new house was built 
we lived in the old one. Built log upon log 
it was, with mortar between. Dug-out 
cellar underneath. 

There was the front room, the spare 
room, and the lean-to kitchen where we 
ate as well when there wasn’t company. 
When there was company we ate in the 
front room. 


A ladder led up to the loft where calico 
strung on wires partitioned sleeping rooms. 
The ceilings and walls showed the logs 
hewed to a square, and whitewashed. 


There was a fireplace in the front room 
and a wood stove in the kitchen. It was 
a pretty uncomfortable place I fancy, 
although childhood saw but little of the 
inconveniences and busied itself with the 
adventure of living. 


They began building the new house 
some time late in the summer. Father 
hauled the lumber from a town about 
seven miles away. He hired a contractor 
to build the house. For weeks they cut 
and sawed and planed and hammered. 
Great fun for children it was. There were 
shavings—long, curly, yellow shavings. 
We used to pin them in our hair for curls. 
And chips—loads of chips. We picked 
them up in our aprons and carried them 
in to the wood stove for a hot fire to bake 
biscuits with for supper. Blocks too—and 
long nice pieces of lumber, planed and 
sawed off in measurements. ‘Dreadful 
waste"’ my father would say, shaking his 
head when we brought them in to burn. 


All the fall they made beautiful shavings 
and sawed beautiful blocks. It took a long 
time—seemed like a terrible long time— 
to get the new house done. The weather 
got bad. They hurried to get the roof on. 
Then it began to freeze. They couldn't 
plaster. If it only hadn’t taken so long to 
get the frame up, the house enclosed, they 


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could have got the plastering done before 
cold weather came on. We had to stay in 
the log house all winter. Mother wore a 
shawl around her shoulders all the time, 
and got chilblains on her feet from frost. 
Everybody was discouraged. There stood 
a handsome new house half done and we 
freezing in the old one. 

It was late spring when we finally moved 
in. Eight months gone to the finishing of 


Well Known Magazine 
Purchased An Aladdin 
Home 


ODAY’S Housewife Magazine, 
[very favorable known by over 
half a million housewives in the 
United States, has purchased an 
Aladdin Home, The Brentwood, for 
use as a testing home, and also as a 
home for the editors of the magazine. 
The home has been attractively 
furnished throughout, and a large 
addition to the house has been 
added for use as a laboratory. 

Here all of the newest and 
more modern devices for relieving 
the housewife’s burden are tested 
and approved or rejected. 

Each day many visitors are wel- 
comed into the home to inspect it 
and also to watch the methods em- 
ployed by this magazine in learning 
the value of the different utilities 
for household use. 

This home is located in Coopers- 
town, New York and the publishers 
of the magazine have advised us that 
they would be glad to have Aladdin 
Home owners while in this vicinity 
to call on them. It will surely be a 
most interesting visit, and undoubt- 
edly a profitable one too. 


a house when two would suffice under 
modern methods. 

Quite a good many pounds of sand have 
run through the glass between the building 
of that house where yellow shavings and 
beautiful blocks brought pleasure to a 
childish heart, and the building of a home 
we have recently supervised. While this 


later home was going up a little boy of the 
neighborhood often played about watch- 
ing the workmen. ‘‘Well, John,”’ I said one 
day, “Show do you like this house?” 

“Don't like it,’ said he, “‘Ain’t no 
blocks nor shavings, nor nothing.”’ 

And that was a fact. This last new 
house-that I have moved into, the Testing 
Home ‘for Today’s Housewife went to- 
gether with no loss of time for measuring, 
cutting, fitting, no loss of lumber. It 
went together like—no, not like a jig-saw 
puzzle. It went together like a pattern— 
which is what it is. A pattern with each 
part numbered and named so no time is 
lost in assembling. 

This house, the Testing Home for To- 
day’s Housewife is the one named Brent- 
wood in the Aladdin catalog. It is at- 
tractive in appearance, and both charming 
and practicalin plan. We have lived in it 
seven months and we find it convenient in 
its lay-out and satisfactory in every way. 
Since we moved into the Brentwood on 
April 1st, 1921, we have shown consider- 
ably more than one thousand persons 
through the house. We always explain the 
purpose of our house, and all of its fur- 
nishings and equipment. One of the first 
things we tell visitors as they are shown 
through the living room to the sun-parlor 
where an attendant meets them, is that 
this is an Aladdin House. Instantly they 
are intrigued by the name. ‘“‘Aladdin.”’ 
Wishes come true. Magic. They want to 
hear about it. We tell them it is a ready- 
cut house made by the Aladdin Company 
of Bay City, Michigan. Almost always 
questions are ready for us by the time we 
are through with this much explanation. 

“Ts it what they call a ‘portable’ house?’’ 

“No, it is not a portable house. It 
stands on just as firm a stone foundation 
as any house in town.” 

“Ts it a warm house?’’ 

“There is no reason why it should not 
be just as warm as any other house. It is 
built exactly the same as any other house, 


By Della Thompson Lutes 


tor of Today’s Housewife Magazine 


with clap-boards, building paper, siding. 
Indeed, it should be warmer than most 
other houses, because of the excellent 
lumber put into it.’”” 

“How about the floors? 
wood in the floors?”’ 

“The best that can be had.”” 

“Does the furnace come with it?” 

“No, neither furnace nor plumbing, any 
more than with a house for which you buy 
the lumber and contract building. You 
simply buy the lwmber for your ‘house all 
cut and fitted to a pattern. They do, how- 
ever, send all hardware, lath, paints, oils 
and varnishes. r 

“Where does ore save money on this 
kind of house?” ; 

“On waste of lumber and in cost of 
labor.”’ 

“‘And you think the lumber is just as 
good as what you would buy at a mill?” 

“Tt is better. Tremendous quantities of 
lumber are prepared at these mills. Only 
the very best is chosen for the houses. 
Picked lumber and seasoned.” 


Iscit a good 


“Then you're satisfied with this house?’” 
“Absolutely. We are not only satisfied 
but delighted with it.” 


Questions and answers like this have 
followed our first explanations as a regular 
procedure. As the visitor goes through the 
house he studies the plan, admires the 
floors, the finish of the doors, the con- 
venient arrangements. When he came in 
he had heard in a vague way about “that 
ready-to-put together houses.” But he 
was a little skeptical. He thought maybe 
they weren’t solid. Maybe they weren’t 
warm. But here he has been through one: 
that is an un-‘portable’ as the hill behind 
it. One that is just as well built, just as: 
warm, just as “‘real’’ as any of its neigh- 
bors’. It may be a ‘“‘magic’’ house but it 
is not going to fade away by any magical 
touch, and he is convinced as to the 
practicality, durability and desirability of 
an Aladdin house. 


There is an Aladdin near you—ask for the address 


A few of the new Aladdin designs 


There are many surprises in store for you in the new Aladdin book of homes. Here are 
but four of the new designs. The catalog shows many more. Send for your free copy. 


THE GLOUCESTER 


Moa of design certainly distinguishes the Gloucester. 
It incorporates several extremely popular features found in the 
very latest type of colonial bungalow. While at first glance it would 
appear to be a one story home, the designers have worked out three 
splendid bed rooms, sewing room and bath on the second floor. 


The floor plan shows an excellent ar- 
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THE WOODWARD 

HE automobile has effected the architecture of the 
American Home by removing the front porch from 
many of the latest designs. Thisis particularly noticeable 
in the Southern California bungalow built during the past 

three years. 
The Woodward is true to the 
type. Its Colonial siding, case- 
ment windows and shutters pre- 


THE WELLINGTON 


ULTURE and character 

are expressed it the Well- 
ington home, which is a very 
fine specimen of English Co- | 
lonial Architecture. The 


graceful lines of the trim 
gables, grouped windows balanced 
with shutters, louvered gable vent- 
ilators, hospitable but severe front 
entrance, are creditable properties 
of Colonial architecture. 


The delightful exteriorisan assur- 
ance of an ideal interior—one of 
comfort and convenience. 

The details are more properly 
explained in the catalog. Send for 
your copy today. 


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The New Offices for The Aladdin Company, at Bay City, Michigan, Nearing Completion 


in our business service consists in 
giving superior building material, 
modern architecture and money-saving 
prices to our customers. The expansion 
and the development of The Aladdin Com- 
pany rests on this foundation. These are 
the reasons that made it necessary for us 
to erect the spacious new office building, 
which we moved into on December 15th. 
This fine, modern structure is the most 
complete administration building of it’s 
kind in Michigan. It is a modified Colo- 
nial design of architecture which is unique 
as an office structure, yet it harmonizes 
perfectly with our line of business. 


(Gin our is dependent on service and 


It is one of the largest and most costly 
readi-cut structure ever erected. We 
know that’ due to the conservation of 
building material and low labor costs we 
have made a 55% saving on this building. 
The structure has three floors and base- 
ment. The building is 92’ wide and 154’ in 
length. It contains over 30,000 square 
feet of office space. 

As we mention this great area, it will be 
interesting and enlightening as to the 
tremendous growth of The Aladdin Com- 
pany’s business to mention that nearly 
twenty years ago the first office of this 
company was a 16x12 living room in the 
home of the founder of this company and 


What You Get When 


Aladdin customer to furnish sufficient 

material for the completion of each 
house in accordance with the specifications 
that follow. 


The Aladdin company pledges itself to 
deliver your house to you without damage 
in shipment, or in transit. Anything 
damaged on arrival will be instantly made 
good at our expense. Allsizes of all timbers 
and lumber will be in accordance with 
well established engineering and archi- 
tectural standards of safety and strength. 


All lumber is guaranteed to be of the 
highest grades ever marketed anywhere in 
the world. Every Aladdin house, regard- 
less of size or price, comes under this 
binding guaranty. (Exception: Sheathing 
lumber is a fine No. 2 quality, and far 
better than the accepted standard for 
sheathing lumber.) 

Sills—Center sill, or sills, are always 
furnished to set into your foundation of 
concrete, stone or brick. All sills are of a 
size to amply hold all strains and loads in 
accordance with engineering standards 
and good practice. 

Joists.—All framed, dressed and cut to 
fit. All joists are of a size to amply hold 
all strains and loads in accordance with 
engineering standards and good practice 

Bridgings.—Wood bridging mitred and 
eut to length furnished for joists of first 
and-second stories of Aladdin dwelling 
houses. 

Sub-Floors (for both first and second 
stories in Aladdin dwellings).—Inch lum- 
ber, dressed, all cut to fit. 

Flooring.—The flooring used in Aladdin 
Houses is clear and knotless, tongued and 


A BINDING guaranteeis given to each 


grooved, accurately matched. It has a 
beautifully figured grain. The face is ma- 
chined to give the very best appearance. 


Studding.—Size, 2x4 inches, all framed, 
dressed, and cut to fit and placed on 16- 
inch centers. 


Wall Shkeathing.—Inch 
dressed and cut to fit. 


Rafters.—Size, 2x4 and 2x6 inches, all 
framed, mitred and beveled, dressed and, 
of course, guaranteed to be perfectly cut 
to fit. 


Roof Sheathing.—Inch lumber, all fram- 
ed, mitred, beveled, dressed and guaran- 
teed to be cut to fit perfectly. 


Shingles (Roof).—Clear ‘‘5 to 2” Cedar. 


Building Paper,—Pure White Fibre, 
tough ‘and dense, for side walls and be- 
tween sub-floors and finished floors of all 
Aladdin dwellings. 


Side Walis.—Clear, bevel Siding, per- 
fectly machined surface and without sap, 
stain or any defects. Holds paint perfect- 
ly. Shingles for side walls instead of siding 
will be furnished for any Aladdin dwelling 
without extra charge. 


Porch Columns.—All Colonial columns 
and square columns are of clear material. 


Outside Finish.—All outside finish is of 
high grade Yellow Pine or Fir. 


lumber, all 


Moldings.—The following moldings are 


furnished: Crown mold, base mold, base 
shoe, cove molding, 44 round mold, water 
table cap. 


Window and Door Frames.—Complete, 
including jams, casings, stops and sills. 
Built of finest stock, beautifully machined 


the originator of the ready-cut type of 
construction, who used one of the old- 
fashioned square pianos as a desk and a 
very common-place bread board as a draw- 
ing table. ‘These very crude office ap- 
pliances were the forerunner of the great 
structure we have just completed. 

You can depend upon it in all these 
years that if it had not been proven to the 
building public that the Aladdin readi-cut 
system was not a practical and economical 
thing that there would be no such prog- 
ress made by this company as is unmis- 
takably visible between the modest crude 
quarters of twenty years ago and the 
great elaborate building we occupy now. 


Wy y 


XX 


Aladdin’s 
New 

Office 
Building 


The Aladdin 
Company erects 
magnificent 
new general — 


Office Building 
at Bay City, 
Michigan. 


In connection with the erection of this 
office building, we might call your atten- 
tion to a problem which is_ probably 
puzzling you. You may wonder if the 
cost of building material and laboris going 
to be reduced further. It was our judg- 
ment that there would be no further drop, 
but on the contrary that a stiffening in 
prices would prevail, and we took advan- 
tage of the present low prices to erect 
our building at the lowest possible cost. 


As many of our customers come to Bay | 


City to inspect material and look over 
houses before they buy, we hope we will 
have the pleasure of entertaining you in 
our new home office. 


You Buy an Aladdin 


and finished. Window frames planed, 
grooved and bored for pulleys. 


Window Sash.—Of finest clear fir, O. G. 
molded, all edges and surfaces sanded and 
finished with great care. 5 


Doors.—Inside doors, size 2 feet 8 inches 
by 6 feet 8 inches, carefully built of clear 
stock, all panels selected for attractive, 
velvety grain and beautifully finished. All 
doors mortised to receive lock sets. All 
front doors of special design to harmonize 
with architecture of the house. Double 
action door between kitchen and dining 
room. 


Stairs.—Built from selected clear stock 
with especial attention to selection of 
grain. Newel post, molded cap and base, 
steps, risers, railing, and balusters care- 
fully finished. All parts of stairs are fram- 
ed, housed and machined to fit and the 
whole is carefully boxed by itself to insure 
arrival in perfect condition. 


Interior Woodwork.—Baseboard, base 
shoe door and window casing all selected 
clear, beautifully machined and ready to 
receive the oils, stains and varnishes. 

Lock Sets.—Frosted brass. Front door 
sets have night latch and two-way knobs. 


Hardware.—Window weights, sash cord, 
sash pulleys, hinges, nails of all proper 
sizes, glass, putty, tin flashing and gal- 
vanized ridge roll. 


Paints.—The highest priced paint on 
the market is furnished for all Aladdin 
houses. It is manufactured of pure white 
lead. Eighteen colors to choose from. 
Your selections may follow your own 
tastes for body, trim, porch floor, sash, 
steps, ete. Send for color card. 


Stains.—The best manufactured, are 
supplied for inside work. You may secure 
any effects you desire for interior decora- 
tion. Stain and varnish, or oil and varnish 
if you wish to finish in the natural wood, 
which ever you prefer. 


Lath.—Lath furnished for lining inside 
walls and ceilings. Plaster grounds fur- 
nished which are to be place around all 
window and door openings and to back up 
the base molding. 

Outside Steps.—Steps of correct height 
and width for design of house. All cut to 
fit. Cellar stairs always included where 
shown on floor plan. All dimensions on 
floor plans are given outside to center for 
customer’s convenience. Send for founda- 
tion plan before starting your foundation. 

Lattice work under porch floors and 
shingle stain for roofs not included in 
prices. 


All of which is covered by our all in- 
clusive guaranty. . 


A Post Card ts en- 
closed for your con-— 


venience in sending 
for the new Aladdin 
book 


Aladdin success is builiwpon saving our customers money 


4 


(WATER r PAN = 


Heating, Lighting and 
Plumbing Fixtures at Cost 


There are assuredly no features within the home of more 
im'portance than the heating, lighting and plumbing fixtures. 
Recognizing this, the Aladdin Company has made arrange- 
ments with large manufacturers turning out quality products 
in these lines, to make it possible for the builder of Aladdin 
homes to secure heating, lighting and plumbing fixtures at 
absolute factory cost. 

To get the bigness and significance of this saving, we di- 
rect attention to the fact that the jobbers and retailers profits 
are eliminated. There are different types of fixtures, plumb- 
ing and furnaces appropriate and practical for the different 


styles and sizes of homes we make. 
Complete details covering this service are fully set forth 
in a well-illustrated booklet which we will be glad to send you 


on request. 


Aladdin Manual of Construction Assures Good Job 


OW much do you know about build- 

—j ing a house? This is meant as a 
direct, respectful question. Let us 
assume that there are many phases of 
construction upon which you are not in- 
formed, but as you are going to build you 
would like to know a lot about building 
and at the same time get your information 
from an authorative, practical source. 
It is important that you have this in- 
formation as you are going to pay the 
bills, or perhaps you would like to doa 
portion of the work yourself if you knew 


ow. ° 

_ The Aladdin organization has learned 
in many years of experience the most 
practical and economical way to perform 
every bit of work connected with the 
erection of a home from the digging of the 
foundation to putting shingles on the roof. 
The result of these proven and practical 


building methods has been put in book 
form under the title of the ‘Aladdin 
Manual of Construction.’’: This volume 
contains one hundred pages treating in 
simple, understandable terms everything 
regarding home building from the largest 
to the most minute detail. In addition to 
the comprehensive text, you will find ac- 
companying diagrams and photographic 
sketches showing exactly how each piece 
of work is performed. 

A copy of this valuable book is sent to 
every purchaser of an Aladdin home. In 
addition to this, the blueprints give com- 
plete detail as to how all work is executed. 
The use of the Aladdin Manual of Con- 
struction in connection with the plans 
furnished, makes all phases of building 
your home simple and easy to understand. 
Occasionally we receive a telegram or a 
letter from a builder who has had but little 


experience in erecting a home, as to how 
to proceed with the stairs for example. 
Knowing as we do the house that he has 
ordered, we are able to refer him to pages 
68 and 69 of the Aladdin Manual of Con- 
struction for complete detailed informa- 
tion as to how to go ahead and complete 
the work properly. If thereis any question 
about sheathing the outside walls, page 
twenty-five of this book contains com- 
plete information even to the point of 
showing how closely the nails should be 
driven to make this part of the building 
durable and strong. If there is a question 
about placing the sills, this too is an- 
swered on page sixteen which diagrams 
and explains how foundation walls are to 
be notched out, so as to receive the ends 
of the sills, hold them firm and level. 

If you expect to build the house your- 
self, which you can do, because Aladdin 


homes have been erected repeatedly by 
men who have had absolutely no con- 
struction experience, or if you intend 
helping with the work, you cannot 
possibly estimate the great help and 
value of the Aladdin Manual of Con- 
struction. 

We have compiled every item in this 
book with the greatest possible care as we 
are just as anxious as the builder is him- 
self, to have every Aladdin home properly 
built. We know, regardless of the superi- 
ority of our building materials, that unless 
the owner gets a building job which is 
proper and correct, he will of course be 
dissatisfied. To absolutely safeguard a- 
gainst this possibility, we have issued this 
Manual which is authority on all con- 
struction matters. Further than that.it is 
absolute assurance that you can get a 
satisfactory building job. 


ALADDIN HOUSES SOLD DIRECT—YOU SAVE THE DEALER’S PROFIT 


—<— 


A Carpenter's Plaint Uncovers An Idea 


Logger Determines to Improve House Building and Founds Great Or- 
ganization---A Story Written and Printed by the Portland Oregonian 


AVERY LIBRARY By De WITT HARRY—(Copyright 1921) 


COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 


MICHIGAN lumberjack, fresh from 
the woods, was driving along a sub- 
urban road in Bay City when he met 
a carpenter in difficulties. The me- 
chanic was an old man and with every 
drag of his saw he wheezed and panted and 
made painfully slow progress, at least in 
the eyes of the lumberjack. The woods- 
man stopped and watched. He was used 
to working at top speed, to accomplishing 
and it puzzled him, this slow work. He 
spoke to the carpenter who was cutting 
along an angled line in a joist and making 
hardly discernible way. 
““Why don’t you get your boards cut in 
a mill?” 
The ancient mechanic paused, raised a 
palsied hand to his hot brow and con- 
sidered. 


Impatience Breeds Idea 


“Tt would be a great idea, I can drive 
nails all right, but it is the marking out the 
lumber and the sawing that takes the time 
I can’t saw fast, but it would not be pos- 
sible to get the boards cut so they would 
fit. It just can’t be done,” and he resign- 
edly went along with his slow job. 

The lumberjack was W. J. Sovereign: 
the weak carpenter, a man named Dennis, 
and this chance encounter marked the 
birth of an idec that bids fair to revolu- 
tionize American construction methods. 

“Why not do all this saw work in the 
mill?’’ reflected Sovereign, and he set to 
work to develop his plan. He got an old 
bread board and on this did his sketching, 
for he was not a draughtsman. He hada 
visualization of his scheme, did Sovereign, 
and, though handicapped as he was, not 
familiar with construction problems, not a 
mechanic or a draughtsman, he set to 
work and solved his problem. The result 
is that four great factories in different 
sections of the country are today turning 
out ready-cut houses at top speed, and 
W. J. Sovereign is one of the outstanding 
constructive figures in the nation. 


Precedent Fails to Bind 


Familiarity breeds contempt and Den- 
nis had likely long ago given up any idea 
he might have that he could improve on 
his trade. Hadn't carpenters gone on in 
the same way since the birth of history? 
Then why try to change things that were 
good enough? 

Now Sovereign refused to be stopped 
by such little difficulties as came from al- 
most total ignorance of the problems he 
had to meet and he drove right through. 
He got a picture of a house and then went 
out and studied how they built it. He 
watched every piece of lumber that went 
into the structure, saw it cut in the mill 
and then saw the carpenters cut it to fit 
into the house. He watched them all and 
developed his idea further, and the further 
he went the more he became convinced 
that he could solve the difficulty and lay 
down on a vacant lot a batch of lumber 
that, put together, would produce a com- 
plete house in every detail. 

He pulled houses to pieces with his pen- 
cil and saw what held them together. He 
analyzed costs of work and materials and 
then started on his first attempt to pro- 
duce his house, went out and got an order 
on a trial basis, gauranteeing the pur- 
chaser that the job would prove satisfac- 
tory, and then went home and drew up the 
full detailed plans of the house. The job 
went to a mill, the materials were cut, the 
house delivered in piecemeal form, and 
the skeptical purchaser went to work to 
assemble the loose pieces of lumber. To 
his amazement it fitted; he did not know 
the tricks of the carpenters trade, but 
ananaged to drive the nails where the 
drawings showed they were to be placed 
and in a few weeks, lo and behold, he had 
a complete home, and Sovereign says that 
the first purchaser admitted, just as most 
of the others have since, that it was as 
nearly a perfect job as any contractor 
could have done. 


Great Factory Located Here 


Less than two years ago the Aladdin 
company, the firm of which W. J. Sover- 
eign is president, in casting about for a 


suitable location to handle their immense 
Pacific coast domestic and export trade, 
came to Portland and purchased a site for 
their factory. This is their fourth and 
bids fair to be their Jargest branch. Al- 
ready the Portland factory is shipping to 
a number of foreign ports and many in- 
quiries are being received through brokers 
and exporting firms. 

Since the start of the Aladdin factory in 
Portland this city has absorbed a number 
of the houses, they now being found in 
almost every section. Few persons inter- 
ested in owning a home failed to investi- 
gate the Aladdin plan, but there is yet a 
great deal of confusion connected with it. 
Aladdin houses are not sectional homes, 
they are not shipped knockdown. The 
scheme of manufacture is simple. A plan 
for a house is perfected and then the ar- 
chitects of the firm take it to pieces and 
analyze every operation. They take each 
wall and section of the house and make 
fully detailed sketches and figure out the 
lumber. Then the mill is given the order 
and cuts the lumber for the entire place. 


that are suitable. In the north a warmer 
house is desired. In the south a lighter 
mode of construction will suffice and give 
added comfort. Recently they have had 
requests from tne orient and tropical 
countries for a simple style of house with 
single walls to ‘it certain conditions. An- 
other thing that they have to consider is 
the varying architectural tastes. On the 
Pacific coast certain types of bungalows 
have proven popular with the result that 
the Portland factory specializes in turning 
these out. In addition to this they have 
to keep up with the progress in designing. 


Trend of Ideas Analyzed 


In order that they may keep abreast of 
the times and progress, the Portland office 
has a complete architectural staff on duty 
studying the trend of ideas so that they 
can supply the demand. As soon as some 
certain type of house achieves popularity 
they work on a sketch and plan one. Be- 
fore these plans are finally offered to the 
public they are checked and rechecked. In 
their experience they have erected many 


W. J. SOVEREIGN, Inventor of the Readi-Cut System and President of the Aladdin Co. 


Aladdins are Fords of Homeland 


In the words of A. A. Patterson, the 
manager of the Portland branch, ‘“‘Aladdin 
is the Ford of the home owner.’”’ All that 
is necessary is for the purchaser to inspect 
the collection of drawings and photographs 
submitted and make a choice. Then the 
order is placed and the materials that go 
to the construction of the house are de- 
livered complete down to the paint for the 
basement stairs and up to the stain of the 
roof. The only thing the owner has to do 
is to prepare the site, see the foundations 
are in and that the masonry is completed. 
The lumber, hardware, paints and all 
building materials then come from the 
Aladdin factory and the process of as- 
sembling, as perfected with their elaborate 
system of blueprints showing where every 
every nail! is to go, is a mere matter of de- 
tail. They assert that the persons who 
have little familiarity with carpentering 
have been successful at building their 
home by this scheme. . 

Conditions as they are in different sec- 
tions of the country have to be met by the 
Aladdin company and for this purpose 
they have a number of homes designed 


thousands of American homes and are now 
selling them at the rate of hundreds week- 
ly. It has been in the experience of the 
Aladdin company to participate in the 
great war emergency at maximum effi- 
ciency through their ability to deliver 
practically unlimited supplies of houses 
and cantonments to the United States and 
foreign governments. The firm has con- 
structed complete towns for manufactur- 
ing enterprises so that workers may have 
suitable homes. The Aladdin company 
shipped and erected many carloads of 
eantonments at American Lake, Wash., 
and were given the complete contract for 
the erection of the officers’ training camp 
at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Here this 
organization completed quarters for 8000 
men in 26 days. 


This paves the way for opening the 
Aladdin argument for their system, the 
saving of material and labor and conse- 
quently costs in building. Their stock is 
standardized as much as possible, the 
designers working out their plans so that 
material will be interchangeable. The 
lumber is all cut to fit the house, the sash 
and doors ready with their first coat of 


filler and the glass fitted, the doors even 
mortised and fitted for the locks and hing- 
es. The plants are equipped with the 
latest in modern machinery so as to turn 
out maximum output in as little time as 
possible. Quantity is their aim and to that 
end they are developing their markets as 
rapidly as possible. 

How a firm can take a pile of rough 
lumber and transform it into completed 
material for a home is doubtless puzzling 
to many. The Aladdin plan is simple and 
thorough. Standardizing is their main 
secret. Members that go into the complete 
frame houses are cut to size in numbers 
and by machinery. When orders are re- 
ceived, the materials are assembled and 
shipped, the guarantee accompanying the 
house reading that it will be complete and 
satisfactory, according to plan. To make 
certain that this is the case, the lumber 
bill is always overestimated and enough 
surplus material shipped to overcome any 
shortages or damaged portions. 


Persons who have witnessed the con- 
struction of an Aladdin house admit that 
it is marvelous, the celerity with which it 
is completed. 

One of the unique phases of the Aladdin 
activities is their willingness to tackle any 
proposition, no matter how elaborate. 
They are just as ready to figure on a small 
apartment type bungalow with folding 
beds as on a great commercial city. In 
their book of designs are plans for many 
varied homes of from two to ten rooms, 
for garages, churches, stores, office build- 
ings and all manner of other structures. 
They will build a city to order, and in 
several cases have done just this. They 
have ground plans prepared showing ideal 
arrangements for a village of a few hun- 
dred, for a town of a few thousand and for 
a small city of 10,000 population or more. 
And they are prepared to bid, accept con- 
tracts and undertake the immediate con- 
struction of almost any of these units, 
guaranteeing to have them ready for their 
residents on a certain time. 


Waste Elimination is Aim 


One of the noticeable features of the big 
Aladdin plants is the absence of waste, 
there being no odds and ends of lumber 
going out the rear door to the refuse pile. 
Every foot of board is cut into sizable 
materials and sold. They are after every 
possible inch and figure to get the best out 
of what materials they have. Those who 
have watched a house in construction re- 
member the odd-shaped bits of lumber 
that lay on the ground, cut off and wasted 
by the carpenters. It is just this material 
that the Aladdin interests figure on saving. 
Their detailed plans are so laid out that 
each section of the house dovetails into the 
other, so that every bit of lumber is 
utilized. The only loss is in the sawdust 
and it is rumored that W. J. Sovereign is 
now working out some plan to make use of 
that, though some of it even now is placed 
as filler and non-conducting material. 


Advocates of the Aladdin plan point to 
its guarantee and the limited costs. The 
houses are sold for so much and guaran- 
teed complete, there being no bill for 
extras to face the owner. Materials for the 
new home, arriving at their destination, 
no matter how far from the factory, merely 
have to be sorted and piled in rotation to 
save the carpenters a great deal of time. 
The man in California who gets his Alad- 
din catalog, chooses his house, orders it 
and then awaits delivery, usually in record 
time. On receipt he generally has his 
foundation set and is ready to go ahead 
with the erection. As soon as his order is 
received the factory ships him details of 
the house with all his excavation and 
foundation information and he has the 
ground prepared. With the arrival of the 
materials the carpenters step in and begin 
the erection. They generally make fast 
time, three weeks instead of that many 
months being sufficient. The result is a 
house delivered at the cost of the lumber 
in the forest plus the freight, usually much 
cheaper than if the prospective owner was 
to figure on ordinary building systems and 
utilize rough lumber. 


If more money could be saved in homebuilding the 
Aladdin system would save it for you 


ew designs from Aladdin’s 1922 book 


The Aladdin Book of Homes for 1922 is now ready for mailing. It is the most valuable book 
Aladdin ever published. The new models are very interesting. It will be sent free upon request. 


THE AMSTERDAM 
ee is a quaint appeal in the type of home represented by what 
is called ‘‘The Dutch Colonial.’’ It isa most interesting adaptation 
of Dutch detail to the American Colonial type. It is one of the most 
popular homes, particularly in the East at the present time. 
The Amsterdam is one of the most attractive type of homes pos- 
sible to imagine and cannot fail to 
enhance any residential locality. 


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THE PARKWAY 


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harmoniously included in this fine, new design. The 

spacious porch 42 feet in length 

has unlimited possibilities for 

’ fine floral and vine decorative 

peo effects. The upper sash French 

‘i windows, and door, behind this 

attractive setting give an ap- 

pearance of distinction and beau- 
ty to the Parkway. 

- The Parkway has those fine 


azo 180 home qualities which will appeal 
to countless builders. 


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HE Shelburne is the home of Aladdin’s chief designer. It incorporates the best ideas 
andexperiences gathered froma great many years. Itisan Americanized English type 


with stucco walls, heavy timbered eaves and porch work and attractive grouped win- 
dows. For its size it has a remarkable amount of room and an astonishing number 
of conveniences. Every desirable feature of a thoroughly modern home is incor- 


ef porated. The rooms are all large and airy 
and conveniently arranged and most care- 
fully thought out. 


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IMPLICITY of design is the keynote of the Woodberry, 
yet it is made attractive by an unusual type hooded 
entrance with large French door and grouped windows in 
the living room and dining room. | 
Plain pilaster corner boards match 
the pilasters on each side of the 
front entrance. A splendid living 
room, joined to dining room with 
French doors, fronts the house. 


The Woodberry cannot fail to 


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EMINISCENT of old England, the plan and appearance of the 
Rockingham presents one of the best efforts of Aladdin designers. 
Simplicity is the chief keynote and yet the outlines of this substantial 
home are in no way monotonous. 
A most interesting treatment of roof lines is manifested in the 
photograph shown above. A large porch breaks over from the front 


elevation in a most unusual and yet highly desirable fashion. 


The 


exterior is planned for plain weathered stucco and timbers may be 
eee or painted according to the taste of the owner. 


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THE ARDMORE 


OR general utility and low 

cost, the square type home 
cannot besurpassed. Itenables 
the builder to use free hand in 
the placing of rooms for the 
most convenient use, and as 
usually noted, a greater degree 
of success is attained in a com- 
fortable home on the square 
type plan than is_ possible 
otherwise. 

The Ardmore has this advantage 
besides its attractiveness. This home 
has pleased a number of our custom- 
ers to the extent that we are confi- 


dent that every buyer will be highly 
pleased with it for their home. 


Aladdins Erected in Beautiful Suburbs 


There is a constantly increasing number 
of the more expensive types of Aladdin 
Homes like the Brentwood, the Villa, the 
Colonial and the Lamberton being erected 
in many of the most exclusive suburbs of 
the country, at points like White Plains, 
Larchmont, Terrytown, and Hartsdale, 
beautiful suburban sections outside of 
New York City, and on Long Island in 
Beachhurst, Bay Side and Douglaston, 
you will find inpressive Aladdin homes. 
Within commuting distance from Phila- 
delphia in such pretty little towns as 
Aldan, Bordentown and -Ambler. And 
farther west Aladdin homes will be found 
in exclusive residence suburbs along the 
north lakeshore outside of Chicago, at 
Wilmette, Glencoe, and Elmhurst. 

The homes erected in these and many 
othersplendid littlesuburbs are occupied by 
presidents and general managers of large 
industrial concerns, owners of prosperous 
business houses and leaders in professional 
life. ‘There are in most of these suburban 
towns very rigid restrictions as to the type 
and beauty of the homes erected, with the 
result that these Aladdin houses are set 
among many very costly types of resi- 
dences, and in modesty we can say that 
none surpass them in fine, artistic lines and 
good home utility. 


. 


We have a number of new designs 
among the larger houses which represent 
panel what many builders want who 
intend building a pretentious residence in 
eed exclusive suburb or home section. 

his type of home is invariably built by 
men of extensive business experience. 
Business training enables them to readily 
grasp the economy and efficiency of Alad- 
din construction. Building materials are 
cut, matched and measured by machinery 
much more rapidly and much more eco- 
nomically than is possible when this pains- 
taking work is slowly and expensively 
done by carpenters on the building site. 
Through these operations the Aladdin 


‘Company eliminates waste, thereby sav- 


ing 18% of the good usable building ma- 
terials that you find in rubbish piles around 
most new buildings. But there is another, 
and still more important saving accruing 
to the builder, this material being readi- 
cut is erected in 30% to 40% less time, 
which means a proportionate saving in 
your labor costs. 

We have an especially trained staff 
handling these larger homes and par- 
ticular care and attention is given them 
by that organization. We urge therefore 
that you investigate our unexcelled facili- 
ties to supply homes of the larger and 
more expensive type. 


Reasons for Not Giving Complete Addresses 


In the numerous letters printed in this 
booklet enthusiastically praising Aladdin 
homes by those who have built them, we 
feel that we should explain why complete 
address has not been given. First we want 
to assure you that each of the communica- 
tions from Aladdin owners printed herein 
are bona-fide expressions of satisfaction 
written by the different Aladdin builders 
whose names are signed to the letters 
quoted. 

We have found from experience where 
the complete address has been given that 
there are times particularly in cities and 
thickly populated centers, that a number 
of people would call sometimes on the 
same day requesting the privilege of ex- 
amining the interior of their homes. 
Owners at times found that it was incon- 
venient to allow this, interfering with 
programs that they had arranged or per- 
haps brought visitors to their home at a 
time when they could not be disturbed. 

As it is a courtesy to you and particu- 
larly to The Aladdin Company to have 
one of these owners allow an inspection of 
their premises, we have found it a better 
policy to take the owners convenience into 


consideration before subjecting them to a 
number of calls which we would of course 
have no right to do. 


Nevertheless, we assure you that every- 
one of these Aladdin house owners are 
perfectly willing and anxious to extend the 
courtesy of inspecting their home and at 
the same time tell you frankly of their ex- 
perience and their impression regarding 
the building of our type of house. 


Therefore if there is any letter or letters 
among those we have quoted that is of 
interest to you and you would like to 
examine their home or discuss it with 
them, we will very promptly and cheer- 
fully arrange it so that you can get in 
touch with these people. 


Another consideration which restrains 
us in quoting complete addresses is that 
these people being home owners represent 
a very desirable list for circularizing 
features, and personal solicitations which 
we have found that people frequently 
object to, and we therefore cannot be 
contributing factors in subjecting our 
customers to anything that might develop 
into an annoyance. 


Outside Branch Offices 


The housing shortage and the tremen- 
dous increase in home building has led us 
to establish branch sales offices in different 
sections of the country, each of these 
offices in charge of:a manager who is an 
expert in home building and construction. 
We have found frequently that prospec- 
tive builders can relate their housing pro- 
blem verbally with a great deal more 
satisfaction to them and ourselves, than 
they possibly can through the medium of 
correspondence. 

In the branch sales offices, we have 
established in addition to our four mills, 
it is possible for anyone, regardless of 
where they live, to visit some one of these 
points and secure the fullest and most 
complete information regarding their 
building problems. 

The Aladdin Company tenders you a 
cordial invitation to visit any one of these 
offices or our mills, and we know that these 
facilities will be of great assistance to you 
in selecting and building a home. We as- 
sure you that that help will be given you 
cheerfully and thoroughly. 

For your information we are tabulating 
a list of the addresses of the different 
Aladdin Mills and Branch Offices—+ 

The Aladdin Co., Bay City, Michigan. 

The Aladdin Co., Wilmington, N. C. 

The Aladdin Co., Hattiesburg Miss., 

The Aladdin Co., Portland, Ore. 

The Aladdin Co., Consolidated Realty 
Bldg., Cor. 6th & Hill Sts., Los Angeles, 


alif. 

The Aladdin Co., 502 Bulletin Bldg., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

The Aladdin Co., 11th floor Marbridge 
Bldg., 47 W. 34th St. Cor. Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

The Aladdin Co., 412 Stovall Bldg., 
Tampa, Fle. 


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The New Catalog 


Aladdin’s new catalog consists of one 
hundred twenty-eight pages of the most 
interesting information for the home- 
builder. It is fresh from the press at the 
present time, and a number of people who 
have seen it say it is the best book on 
building information they have seen. Re- 
quests will be taken care of promptly up- 
on receipt. Send your request to-day. 

At the usual price of $500.00 for a set 
of plans and work drawings for an Aladdin 
Home, Aladdin has spent more than $20,- 
000.00 for new designs for the 1922 cata- 
log. The assortment of the many designs 
range from the small bungalow to the 
large Colonial home, Dutch Colonial 
types, California Bungalows, Colonial 
Bungalow designs and pure dwelling house 
types of modern design will be found in 
the newer creations. 

The catalog pictures each home, also 
the floor plan with the price for all ma- 


terial. There is no charge for copy of this 
book. It will be sent you upon your re- 
quest. Use the posteard enclosed. 


Photos of Aladdin Homes 


The Advertising Department have pho- 
tographs of Aladdin Homes they will loan 
to prospective customers for their in- 
spection. 

If you are interested in a home in The 
Aladdin Catalog, and desire photographs 
for inspection, they will be glad to send 
them to you. 

In some cases, more than one view of 
the house is on hand, and in these cases all 
the views we have are loaned to the cus- 
tomer. If you are interested, send your 
request and the photos will be sent to you 
promptly. 


Aladdins come direct from forest—no middleman profit 


Your home is in Aladdin’s 1922 book 


Send for a copy of the new Aladdin Catalog, which will be sent to you free. Many beautiful, 
practical home designs fresh from the designer’s work table. Send the post card enclosed. 


‘ 


, THE STANFORD 
‘THE WESTLAKE ERE is shown a modified California bungalow with 


Tes Dutch- “Colonial type of architecture has made a strong appeal to American 


Home Builders. This is especially true in certain localities widely situated from Colonial features. 
each other. There are sectionsin the suburbs of New York City where this type A t Aig: F 
predominates and the same will be found in Seattle. The exterior is made interesting by a pergola type port 
The formation of the roof reduces the apparent height, while not sacrificing interi- - 
or space. This cocher which extends from the 
has a tendency 5 
to hold the porch over the driveway. Large 
house close to | 
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appearance. 
The cd bone es 
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of the Westlake | soxise \_ ‘0 and air. There are three Aa ) ae tals 
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THE WESTWOOD 
? HE Langdon is a square type home, the virtues of 
HE Westwood is a beau- which are well known by builders generally. The gen- 


oe eee Vist? thy. of 2 eral features of this design are the spacious porch and un- 
most attractive building site. asiially largesliving 


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the interior plan leave noth- ihebentiroktronteottihe 
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unmatched facilities to ship 

homes directly and at the 
lowest possible freight rates. In 
addition these facilities mean that 
it is possible for us to get your 
home on your building site with 
the greatest possible dispatch. 


The Aladdin 


[Nees Aladdin Company have 


Company’s four 


large mills are located in the center 
of the greatest timber-producing 
areas of the United States, being 
centrally located in every instance 
to the source of supply of raw ma- 


terials. We have but minimum 
charges to pay on those materials 
coming to our mills where machin- 
ery quickly and economically con- 
verts them into shape for building 
use. 


Each mill is a complete unit 
which is prepared to render all of 
the helpful features connected with 
our service. Weare printing here- 
with the territory and states em- 
braced in each of these divisions. 
To handle all details connected 
with the selection of your home, 


we suggest that you read over the 
area covered by these divisions, 
which will enable you according to 
your location to communicate with 
the Aladdin mill and office who 
will handle your transaction with 
the greatest satisfaction to you. 


NORTHERN DIVISION—The home 
offices and mills of THE ALADDIN 
COMPANY are at Bay City, Michigan. 
Established a number of years ago, the 
mills of the Northern Division have a ca- 
pacity that willserve this territory prompt- 
ly and efficiently. 

Located on the Great Lakes, the mills 
at Bay City are provided with excellent 


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shipping facilities by water and also by 
land. Five railroads have tracks leading 
to THE ALADDIN COMPANY’S load- 
ing platforms at these mills, thus making 
shipping conditions ideal. 

The Northern Division is comprised of 
the following states: Maine, New Hamp- 
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New 
York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, 
Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, lowa, Wiscon- 
sin, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Ken- 
tuky, and West Virginia. \ 


SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION — At 
Wilmington, North Carolina, on the coast 
of the Atlantic Ocean, are located the gen- 
eral offices and mills of the Southeastern 
Division, comprising the states of North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor- 
ida, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. 

A thriving sea coast city of thirty-five 
thousand people, Wilmington is practically 
from a geographical standpoint the center 
or hub of the southeastern division. From 
Wilmington prompt and efficient service 
will be given to all ALADDIN customers 
of the southeastern division with nearly 
all shipping points of the division less than 
eighteen hours distance from the offices 
and mill. é 


SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION—The 
general offices and mills of the South 
Central Division of The Aladdin Co. are 
at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 

From these mills every pointin the south 
central division comprising the states of 
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan- 
sas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas and New 
Mexico lies in a straight line making ship- 
ping facilities unexcelled. 

With an abundant supply of standing 
timber in easy access and with shipping 
facilities par excellence, the home builders 
of the south central division are securing 
the best possible service. 

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WESTERN DIVISION — The offices 
and mills of The Aladdin Co., Western 
Division, are located in Portland, Oregon. 

These offices and mills save western 
builders of Aladdin homes considerable in 
the way of freight alone. They eliminate 
days of time, thousands of miles of hauling 
and consequently a great dea] in freight 
charges. Fully 80 percent of the correspon- 
dence from our customers of the west will 
reach. us within twenty-four hours after 
it issent on its way. 

The Western Division includes the fol- 
lowing states: Washington, Oregon, Cali- 
fornia, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, 
Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South 
Dakota and Colorado. Residents of these 
states should send inquiries or other cor- 
respondence directly to THE ALADDIN 
COMPANY, Portland, Oregon. 


. New Summer Cottage De- 
signs Shown in the 1922 
Aladdin Book 


Ss" vag 


The Alad- 
din Catalog 
containsa 
number of 
attractive 
summer cot- 
tage designs. 
Acopy ofthis 
book will be 
sent to you 
free. Send 
the post card 
enclosed. 


Oofe Vou Budld Cet thie Book 


Aladdin’s 
New Book 


of Homes 
for 1922 


Send for your copy now 
Sent free upon request 


You owe it to your family and your- 
self to secure the most desirable home 
at the lowest price possible — this 
book will point the way. 


CE ey 


ILL you help onl 
us make your home 
in 1922 a reality? 


Can you spare us enough time to 
do for you that which was done for 50,000 
other Aladdin Customers — helping them to own their 
homes at a saving in cost? 

The greatest homebuilding organization in the world 


An example of Aladdin Service is noted in Mr. A. L. Head’s letter. 
He Says:— 


Dear Sir:— 
Iam pleased to state that we are more than satisfied with our Readi-cut 
home from the Aladdin Company. I had the carpenter figure up the cost 


will help you— 


The experienced crews of the four biggest readi-cut house mills can 
help you— 


The experience of over 50,000 Aladdin customers living in Aladdin 
_ Homes can help you— 

But— 

You must give them the opportunity! 

The first and big message to the home builder from this organiza- 
tion of building experts is found in the 1922 Edition of the book 
“Aladdin Homes.” 

It points the way to a more satisfactory, quicker method of build- 
ing—at a saving to the builder. 

It shows how this great organization’s service has spread over the 
country due to the money-saving advantages of the Aladdin System. 

And it also shows the latest work of Aladdin’s designers in new 
home plans for 1922. 


of the material if I bought here in town, and I am just Three Hundred and 
Twenty Five Dollars ($325.00), ahead of the game by building the Aladdin 
way. 

The material is perfect in every way, and was pleased with the wonderful 
selection of lumber I received. The carpenters were also surprised at the 
material. My home was put up in December, and in three weeks it was 
practically finished. Everything went together in perfect shape. The doors 
and interior finish are excellent in every way. 

I expect to put up another home in the near future and it is going to be an 
Aladdin. If anyone could only see my home for themselves, they would be 
convinced without a doubt that the Aladdin way of construction is the last 
word in homebuilding. 

Yours very truly, 
A. L. HEAD. 


The enclosed Post Card will possibly mean a saving of $325.00 or 


more to you, too. 


Send it to us quickly. 
We will start work on your problem immediately. 


The Aladdin Company 


South Central Division 
Offices and Mills 


Hattiesburg, Mississippi 


Northern Division 
Offices and Mills 


Bay City, Michigan 


Wilmington, N.Carolina 


Western Division 
Offices and Mills 


Portland, Oregon 


South Eastern Division 
Offices and Mills 


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JEM Swe 
meres 


From Aladdin 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 1921 

I wish to say that material for 
our Aladdin readi-cut house ar- 
rived in first class condition and 
we are perfectly satisfied with it. 
You sent us the very best mate- 
rial and we had no trouble what- 
ever in putting it together as the 
pieces were cut to fit. My husband 
and I did some of the work dur- 
ing his vacation and neither one 
of us had ever had any experi- 
ence in carpenter work before. 
Dozens of people went through our 
house and every ‘one liked it. 
Quite a few of our friends say 


they are going to build one like 
it this coming | spring. Ours is 
the “Plymouth.” If we had built 


it the regular way it would have 
cost us double. We had two young 
men to assist us with the carpen- 
ter work, the second week. They 
also did the painting, and said 
they never saw finer lumber. ‘The 
windows and doors are lovely and 
T aSsure you when we build again 
it will be an Aladdin. 
Yours sincerely, 
Mrs. Walter Hovey 


Ohio, Nov. 8, 1921 

I bought and built the Aladdin 
“Florence House” in,1918 when 
prices were soaring. ‘I have one 
of the finest homes in our country. 
IT am more than satisfied with the 
bargain and saved from six to 
eight hundred dollars on the deal. 
I bought a few sacks of rock lime 
and had the walls sand finished 
and then had them painted and 
decorated by an _ expert. Each 
room is finished differently and it 
makes a beautiful job. My mate- 
rial was really better than any I 
see contractors using. It took my 
man only six hours to sort it and 
I had every piece right where he 
eould put his hands on it and it 
fit perfectly. Any one can work at 
putting it up as every move is 
right before you. I worked every 
forenoon -with my man and my 
boys helped lay the sub-floor 
sheeting, shingles and lath. Had 
a surplus of all kinds of lumber. 

Very respectfully yours, 

W. Sarr 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 8, 1921 

I am more than satisfied with 
my new Aladdin home. The ma- 
terial was A No. 1. The carpen- 
ters have had no trouble in fitting 
the pieces. Our home is the 
*Pomeroy.” Three carpenters put 
up two houses, one double and one 
single garage, and had them com- 
pleted and ready to move in, in 
fty working days. We investi- 
gated the building problem before 
we bought our Readi-cut House 
and found that we could buy the 
lumber for the whole house Readi- 
cut for what the frame would cost 
not Readi-cut from the lumber 
dealer. If we were building an- 
other house it would be an Alad- 
din. 

Sincerely yours, 
Reed M. Long 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 11, 1921 
I am satisfied with the Aladdin 
Company’s s Readi-cut system. The 
lumber is of the best quality and 
the pieces fit nicely in place. I 
think I saved a good deal by using 
the Aladdin method. We were 
about three weeks building, and 
it took about twenty hours to 

plaster. 
x otre: respectfully 
Wm. Chamberlain 


Michigan, Nov. 6, 1921 

We built and own an Aladdin 
Readi-cut house and are _ well 
pleased with the bargain. There 
was no waiting for material and 
all material was better than we 
could have purchased here—if we 
could have secured it at all. We 
had plenty of advice not to buy a 
readi-cut house, but we found it 


very satisfactory. We surely 
saved time and much expense for 
labor building by this method. 


We placed our order on the 21st of 
May, the car was shipped the 25th 
and reached here the 28th. My 
husband with the help of just 
common labor and sometimes my- 
self put up the framework. We 
employed two carpenters just two 
weeks and the house was ready 
to be occupied July 1st. We would 
not think of building-any other 
way, and could build again much 
easier than this time, for the ex- 
perience taught us a great deal 
about building. 

Sincerely yours, 

Mrs. Glenn G. Henry 


Ohio, Nov. 7, 1921 
In regard to our Aladdin house 
will say we are well satisfied. The 
material was as represented and 
fit well. We feel that it was 
cheaper than we could have gotten 
it here. We also ordered a garage 
with the house, and our neighbor 
got his of our local dealer and 
they are side by side which gives 
a good chance to compare them 
and I feel safe in saying I saved 
$100.00 on that alone. We. have 
also installed one of the Aladdin 
furnaces which is all that could 

be desired at a saving of $75.09. 

Yours truly, 
H. L. Rasor 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 1921 
Two years ago I built an Alad- 
din Readi-cut house, a ‘‘Pomona” 
No. 2, and I am very well satis- 
fied with it. The material was of 
No. 1 quality and fit in place 
splendidly. I am satisfied that I 
saved money in carpenter work 
and the saving of wastage in ma- 
terial as I bought only what was 
absolutely needed. I can heartily 
recommend this method of build- 
ing and the Aladdin people for 
honesty and fair and square deal- 

ing. 
Yours truly, 
W. Weber 


Michigan, Nov. 7, 1921 
IT am satisfied with my bargain 
with your company. The lumber 
is fine and everything was just as 
represented. It went together like 
clock work. I.saved several hun- 
dred dollars in carpenter work 
alone. The doors and windows, 
there are none better, The hard- 
ware is fine. The treatment the 
company gave me no one could 
ask better. One can make no 
mistake in buying one of the Alad- 
din houses. 
Very truly yours, 
Capt. Harrison Miller 


Michigan, Nov. 7, 1921 
With reference to the Aladdin 
Readi-cut house I put up this sea- 
son, the material was better than 
I could purchase here. Lumber 
left and found you very fair in 
your dealings. Any good carpen- 
ter can put these houses together. 
All the material was of the best. 

Yours very truly, 
F. M. Crowe 


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Home Owners 


Pennsylvania, Nov. 8, 1921 
I am the owner of the ‘“Po- 
mona” and dare say I am more 
than satisfied with the material 
and the treatment the Aladdin Co. 
gave me. Not one piece which 
was cut to fit needed any altera- 
tions and all of it was A No. 
goods. In reference to saving 
money in building the Aladdin 
way let me make the same state- 
ment. a man gave me who is well 
versed in lumber and mill work. 
He said I saved from $1,500.00 to 
$2,000.00 on my house. Of course 
I always think the local lumber 
dealer in this place is rather high 
with his prices. As to the ap- 
pearance of the house, I live in 
the suburbs of a town of about 
5,000 inhabitants and the ‘“Po- 
mona” is pronounced the prettiest 
bungalow in the vicinity. 
Yours sincerely, 
Sam’l C, Sheaver 
P. S.. There was plenty of lum- 
ber and material for everything 
and some left. over. 


Ohio, ‘Nov. 16, 1921 

We are much pleased with our 
new home and can gladly recom- 
mend Aladdin houses. The lum- 
ber furnished was good and there 
was sufficient of it. The pieces 
fit nicely, you may know as the 
work on our home was done by 
amateurs and not regular carpen- 
ters. The men of the family did 
all the work, except plastering, 
and. our reason for choosing a 
Readi-cut house was to save car- 
penter expense, and feel that 
$200.00 ' would not cover’ the 
amount saved’ on labor, beside a 
considerable amount saved on 
lumber. 

-s Yours truly, 

a Mrs. S. J. Rigdon 


Ohio, Nov. 10, 1921 
I am. very well pleased with 
the house I purchased. The mate- 
rial is very good and is much 
better than can be obtained in 
this town. The pieces all fit in 
their place. I saved several hun- 
dred dollars by sending for the 
Readi-cut house. ‘The inside finish 
lumber is exceptionally beautiful. 
Everything came as described in 
the catalog. If I were building 
again I would send for an Alad- 

din house. 
Sincerely yours, 
Wm. Mansfield 


Ohio, Nov. 8, 1921 
Will say we are well pleased 

with our Aladdin Readi-cut home. 
We found our material of the very 
best. My husband and I did a 
good share of the building. Will 
say I do not believe one could do 
better than to purchase an Alad- 
din Readi-cut home. If we ever 
build again will certainly build 
another Aladdin Readi-cut home. 
There are several of these homes 
here and have never found any one 
but what liked them. 

Respectfully, 

Leonora Armstrong 


Iowa, Nov.. 7, 1921 
I am very well pleased with my 
purchase from the Aladdin Com- 
pany, and saved at least Five Hun- 
dred Dollars ($500.00). The mate- 
rial goes together very nicely, and 
I take great pleasure in recom- 
mending the Aladdin Company as 
a money-saver. 
Yours truly, 
A. J. Larson 


. The model I built was 
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Pennsylvania, Now 28, 1921 
In regards to the Aladdin Readi- 
eut house, I purchased from you 
would say I am more than pleased 
with it. The material was all 
No. 1, and could not have been 
any better, everything fit per- 
fectly. A young man and I built 
the house and neither is an ex- 
perienced carpenter. We had no 
trouble whatever. I saved from 
two to three hundred dollars at 
least. We had plenty material of 
all kinds including paint, shingles 

and everything. 
Yours respecte? 
- Donelson 


Connecticut, Nov. 28, 1921: 

I hope you will ‘excuse me for 
not writing sooner. I just got 
married November 9th, and moved 
into my new bugalow (‘‘Pom- 
eroy”’) and I wish to say that it 
is a handsome home and admired 
by. everybody. There are two 
more going to be built near me 
next spring as they have engaged 
the carpenters that built mine. 
Everything I received was in good 
condition and fitted perfectly. The 
finishing lumber in your houses 
can’t be beat. The doors in my 
house are something great, ad- 
mired by everyone who has been 
here. The carpenters that built 
it said that everything was per- 
fect and that I saved by building 
by that method. 

Yours sincerely 
Hugh Fitzpatrick: 


New York, Nov. 7, 1921 © 
I bought the “Dresden” house 
and it was. satisfactory. The 
lumber was very good quality and 
there was plenty of material for 
everything. The pieces fit in place 
perfect. On the whole I think I 
saved about $200.00. I was per- 
fectly satisfied with everything. 
Yours truly, 
LOSER Jee li I 


Ohio;* Nov. 7, 1921 

We purchased the “Warren” on 
September 6, 1921, and it arrived 
in first class order September 19, 
1921. ‘The material is all first 
class and the pieces all fit to a T. 
We saved at least $500.00 on this 
building. We had a young man 
put the house up for us that has 
done a lot of carpenter work and 
he said it is all excellent lumber 
and all cut just right. We are 
so pleased with the doors, and find 
the hardware very good and also 
the paint. We had several bun- 
dies of lath and shingles over and 
some 2x4 and 2x6 and some sheet- 
ing. One cannot help being pleased 
with Aladdin houses. 

Mrs. Julia Armstrong 


Pensylvania, Nov. 10, 1921 
The lumber house is the best 
I have ever seen—free of all knots. 
I had no trouble in getting it to- 
gether and I saved about $750.00. 
“Venus 


Very truly yours, 
Frank O, Cooper 


Iowa, Nov. 8, 1921 
We have one of the Aladdin 
houses and are well pleased with 
it. Think I saved about $200.00 
and know that we got a better 
class of lumber and the hardware 
could not be beaten. 
fit to its place perfectly. 
Yours truly, x 
W. S. Pumphrey_ 


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